Hector Castillo
Mexico
Héctor Castillo Quintero (San Luis Potosí, Mexico) is a photographer and cultural organizer focused on documentary and urban exploration. His practice combines digital street photography with the revival of analog and alternative processes, such as pinhole photography and cyanotype.
He is the founder of the Click Potosí collective and a collaborator with Taller Postal 5.6, promoting visual exchange projects and community education. His work examines territory and social memory through archiving and experimentation with light; it has been exhibited in cultural venues throughout Mexico, as well as in group and exchange exhibitions within independent art circuits in countries such as Argentina and Spain.
Project
"Territorios de Paso" — Historic Center of San Luis Potosí
This documentary and street photography project is a long-term, ongoing endeavor that explores the Historic Center of San Luis Potosí as a living organism in constant flux. The visual investigation delves into the nooks and crannies, the rhythms, and the human dynamics that unfold among arcades, markets, alleys, and plazas, moving away from the tourist postcard to focus on the social cartography of the passerby.
Through the digital camera, the project seeks to capture change and everyday life: commerce, generational transition, traditional trades, and the mark of time on the architecture.
As an open-ended and evolving exploration, it makes use of harsh light and shadows to accentuate chiaroscuro and urban materiality. These are compositions in which architectural grandeur contrasts with the pulse of those who inhabit the heart of the city on foot, building a contemporary archive.
